American Standard Champion4 Right Hand Toilet Trip Lever - AMS-738997

No. The 738997 is a right-hand trip lever, meaning it mounts through the hole on the right side of the tank as you face the toilet. If your tank's lever hole is on the left, this arm will point the wrong way and the lift chain won't line up over the flush valve. You need the left-hand version instead.

Overall length is 11.7 inches, with a height of 1.95 inches and width of 4 inches. That long arm is what reaches across the tank to the Champion 4 flush tower, and it's why this lever is not a drop-in for a short-arm flapper-style tank where the chain hangs much closer to the handle.

Swap the lever when the handle is cracked, spins loose, or the arm has snapped, those are mechanical failures of the lever itself. If the handle moves the arm normally but the bowl won't clear, the problem is downstream at the flush tower seal or the chain adjustment, and a new lever won't solve it. The 738997 is sold as a trip lever only, no flush valve or tower is included.

The 738997 Champion 4 lever is plastic construction, which is what American Standard supplies for this tank as a repair part. Plastic avoids the corrosion and thread stripping you get on plated metal levers in hard-water buildings. For high-traffic restrooms where handles get abused, most property managers keep a couple of spares on the shelf rather than upgrading, since this is the arm geometry the Champion 4 flush tower requires.

It ships as the complete lever assembly with its mounting nut, so nothing else is required for the swap. Drain the tank, unhook the chain from the old arm, back off the retaining nut inside the tank (these are reverse thread on most American Standard tanks, so turn clockwise to loosen), pull the old lever out and reverse the process. Reconnect the chain with a small amount of slack so the tower seats fully.